Given this shift David Robertson of the Nilson Report thinks Amex is well positioned.

考虑到该转变，尼尔森报告公司的戴维·罗伯森认为美国运通定位良好。

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According to Nilson Report, a trade magazine, American merchants shelled out $56 billion in payment-card fees last year (see chart), over twice the amount they paid five years earlier.

根据尼尔森报告的数据，美国商户去年共计支付了560亿美元的交易费（见图），这个数据是五年前的两倍多。

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According to The Nilson Report, consumers made 36 billion debit and prepaid card transactions and 20 billion credit card transactions in 2009.

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By next year MasterCard will have more credit cards issued in the U.S. than Visa, according to the Nilson Report, which tracks the industry.

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According to the Nilson report, cards issued in the U.S. account for 47% of the global purchase transaction volume while Europe accounts for 23%.

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